Genetta tigrina

(von Schreber, 1776)

Cape Genet

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Genettinae
Genus: Genetta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1776. pl. 115. P. pl. 115 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064672

Original name as described

Viverra tigrina

Other common names

South African Large-spotted Genet

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Lesotho · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006088

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Felis moschata

P. L. S. Müller, 1776

Family

Viverridae

Root name

moschata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Am Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung

Type locality

South Africa: Western Cape.

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217669

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Müller (1776:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Illiger (1815:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Viverra tigrina

von Schreber, 1776

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

South Africa: Western Cape: 34°21′29″S, 18°28′19″E.

Authority page

pl. 115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064672

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Link (1795:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
Wolf (1796:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
Daudin (1802:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Goldfuss (1809:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Thunberg (1811:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
Fischer (1829:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Smuts (1832:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Mustela tigrina:

Daudin, 1802

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Civetta tigrina:

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

423

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Genetta tigrina:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Smith (1842:173, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Lesson (1842:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Blyth (1863:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Gray (1865:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
Gray (1869:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Sclater (1872:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Noack (1891:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
Matschie (1895:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
Trouessart (1904:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Wroughton (1907:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
Roberts (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
Pocock (1915:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14066)
Hayman (1936:925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Roberts (1937:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
Allen (1939:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Setzer (1956:556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Eisentraut (1963:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Coetzee (1971:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Corbet & Hill (1980:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41702/45219459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Genetta tigrina tigrina:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782002

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Genetta tigrina methi

A. Roberts, 1948

Family

Viverridae

Root name

methi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9989

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the bush at the mouth of the Umsigaba River, Pondoland

Type locality

South Africa: Eastern Cape.

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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